Imagine if your assets under management went from $721 million to $50 million….

Would you have the courage to stick with your system?

Our next guest was able to weather that storm and come out even stronger. In fact, he gives credit to the fall in assets because it was an important component to improving their processes and efficiency today.

We’re excite to share with you, the second part of my interview with CEO of Systematic Alpha Management, Peter Kambolin.

How much of the P/L comes from the hedge component of spread decisions

“The best time to invest is not at the new high water mark. The best time to invest is during a drawdown if that manager has a long enough track record and has shown an ability to improve and recover.” (Tweet)

What kind of Risk Budgets that Systematic Alpha Management runs

How to drawdown profile has changed over the last few years

Estimating and predicting Black Swan events

“We strongly believe in our ability to recover and that is exactly what happened.” (Tweet)

How Peter personally balances the challenging feelings of managing a portfolio in drawdown

Exploring mean reversion and how the hedge ratios change daily

On the value of being located in the heart of New York

The biggest challenge for Peter in running Systematic Alpha Management

“On one hand we try to be dynamic in how we hedge as we trade, on the other hand, if the changes are too strong we will ultimately cut the risk and stop trading.” (Tweet)

Peter’s opinion on why success in the CTA industry has shifted from the United States of America to Europe

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